Parents Must Rise to This Clarion Call and Save the Teenagers from this Modern Day Cancer

                                                                      

Sex is the last thing a parent wants to hear coming out of their children's mouth. It is a nightmare and an unwanted thought when thinking about your child and sex at the same time. As they get older, their curiosity and thoughts pattern change. Frightening as it sounds; communication is the key between you and your child when it comes to sexuality. We as parents cannot be there for our children 24 hours a day, all we can do is instil some experience and knowledge into their minds and hope it guides them intellectually to the right decisions in life.

When your child approaches you about sex, take a deep breath, it can be an unnerving and an uncomfortable feeling… It's not going to be easy at first, but in the end, you will feel better talking about it. Ask your teenager what led him or her to ask the question. If they tell you that someone they have interest in has brought it to their attention, then it is ok. Hopefully they may not have done anything yet. With the way society is with our children growing up in it, peer pressure can be a bit overwhelming and more likely some teenagers might give in to it.

Explain to them that their body is a precious temple, keeping it pure and maintaining their virginity is a very rare and special thing. State that even though they might be thinking about doing it; they are simply too young for such an experience and the best thing to do is to wait until they are older and more mature.

Inform them that just because you have feelings for someone doesn't necessarily have to end in any sexual involvement, let them know that there are consequences involved in having sex and even though your teenager might think they know all about it, there is always more to tell.

Unprotected sex can lead to you contracting a sexually transmitted disease, like gonorrhoea that can cause inflammation of the genital mucous membrane, this will make you have burning pain when urinating, you may also notice a discharge from your private part. Gonorrhoea is caused by a gonococcus bacterium. Another disease to worry about is PID (Pelvic Inflammatory Disease) an inflammation of a woman's reproductive organs in the pelvic area, which can make will feel severe pain in the lower part of your abdomen, PID can also cause infertility.

Syphilis is a serious sexually transmitted disease caused by the spirally twisted bacterium Triponema pallidum. The disease affects many body organs and parts, including the genitals, brain, skin, and nervous tissue. Chlamydia, can cause chronic pain, infertility, or a tubal pregnancy if left untreated. Many diseases can be contracted with oral and sexual intercourse. Oral sex is not safe and you still can catch certain diseases in your mouth.